单选题
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In this part there are ten incomplete sentences, each with four suggested answers. Choose the one that you think is the best answer. Mark your answer on the {{B}}ANSWER SHEET{{/B}} by drawing with a pencil a short bar across the corresponding letter in the brackets.
单选题 Living in the central Australian desert has its problems, ______obtaining water is not the least.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】[解析] 句中least作代词说明obtaining water是problems中的一个，应选择of。
单选题 Which sport has the most expenses ______ training equipment, players' personal equipment and uniforms?
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] 四个词组的意思分别为：in place of“替代”；in terms of“依据，根据”；by means of“通过……手段，途径”；by way of“途径，当作，作为”。
单选题 They are going to have the serviceman ______an electric fan in the office tomorrow.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] have sb.do sth.为一固定结构。
单选题 She was complaining that the doctor was ______too much for the treatment he was giving her.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] charging意为“收费”，符合句意。A、C项尽管也有“花费，消费”之意，但搭配不当。
单选题 The manager spoke highly of such ______as loyalty, courage and truthfulness shown by his employees.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 四个选项的意思分别为：virtue“美德”；feature“特点”；property“性能，特征，财产”；characteristics“(性格)特征，特点”。句中的loyalty(忠诚)，courage(勇气)和truthfulness(诚实)暗示了对A项的选择。
单选题 One day I ______a newspaper article about the retirement of an English professor at a nearby state college.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 四个词组意义辨别：come across“(偶然)遇见，(偶然)发现”；come about“发生”；come after“跟在后面”；come at“达到，得到，袭击”。
单选题 By the end of next year, they ______three modem hotels there.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查的是将来完成时的用法。A项和B项不是将来完成时，应排除。虽然C项和D项都是将来完成时，但C项是被动语态的将来完成时，在句中不适合。只有D项适合。
单选题 ______, a man who expresses himself effectively is sure to succeed more rapidly than a man whose command of language is poor.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 从结构上分析，此处应为“名词+分词，后有逗号”构成独立结构作状语。
单选题 ______that my head had cleared, my brain was also beginning to work much better.
【正确答案】 B
【答案解析】[解析] now和that构成一连词，作“既然，由于”解，意同since。
单选题 ______in all parts of the state, pines are the most common trees in Georgia.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】[解析] 本题考查动词的非谓语形式在句中的作用。只有A项的过去分词，含有被动的意思，为本题的正确答案。